The 2018 Winter Olympics from Pyeongchang, South Korea has ended, and some athletes with Michigan ties came home with medals! 

• Kyle Mack from Royal Oak, Michigan. Mack competed in Men’s Big Air snowboarding in his first ever Olympic appearance, and he brought home a silver medal. He began his career at the mere age of 3, when he would coast down his driveway after every snowfall. In 2011, Kyle was invited to join the US snowboarding team. Five years later, he is an Olympic silver medalist in snowboarding! 
• Alex Shibutani, who won bronze in the figure skating team event and ice dancing event with his partner Maia Shibutani. Alex was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but moved to and now currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Alex attended the University of Michigan in 2009 for a fall semester. Both Alex and Maia trained at the Arctic Ice Arena in Canton, MI. This is not their first Olympics, as they placed 9th in the 2014 Sochi Olympics. This time they brought home two bronze medals in a definite improved performance from last time.  
• Another Olympian who medaled from Michigan is women’s hockey player, Megan Keller. Keller is 21 years old and was born in Farmington, Michigan. Keller played at Boston College for her colligate career. She made the U.S. women’s hockey team in the defense position. She is a factor in the team that brought home gold against Canada in a redemption game after losing the gold medal to them in Sochi just four years ago. 
• An Olympian who is not from Michigan or even the U.S. but has Michigan ties is Pavel Datsyuk. Datsyuk won gold with the Olympic Athletes of Russia team (or just Russia). Datsyuk spent 14 seasons in Detroit with the Red Wings and helped the Wings win Stanley Cups in both ’02 and ’08. He retired and left for Russia in 2016, and transformed into a major factor in Russia’s gold metal winning team. 

These are some of the athletes with Michigan ties that brought home metals in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics!